Spring-reel.



No. 727,370. 7 PATENTED MAY 5, 1903. I. v. EDGBRTON & R. v. HURSEN.

SPRING REEL.

APPLICATION H'Lnn FEB. 2, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNTTED STATES Patented May 5, 1903.

ISRAEL V. EDGERTON AND ROY V'. HURSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPRING-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersP atent No. 727,370, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed February 2,1903. Serial No. 141,586. (No model.

T0 at whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that we, ISRAEL V. EDGERTON and ROY V. HURsEN, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring- Reels; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to a novel construction in a spring-reel, the object being to provide a reel which will automatically rewind a cord, which can be cheaply constructed, and which will be durable and easily operated; and it consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is a central cross-section of a reel made in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, some of the parts being removed. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the spring and spool.

It has been the usual custom heretofore when securing a hat on a wearer by means of a cord to have one end of the cord attached to the hat and the other end tied in a buttonhole of the clothes of the wearer. When the cord is not in use, it is necessary to put it some place for safe-keeping, either around the crown of the hat, where it does not present a pleasing appearance, or in the pocket of the wearer, where it is liable to be lost.

The particular object of our invention is to provide a convenient means for carrying the.

cord when it is not in use.

In said drawings, A illustrates a flat circular casing adapted to contain the cord B and provided with a safety-pin O, adapting it to be secured to the clothes of the wearer. Said casing comprises two telescopic members D and E, said pin 0 being secured to the back of said member D. A central post or shaft F is rigidly mounted on said member D and extends through a central openingin said member E, by means of which said shaft is held rigidly in position. A reel or spool G is revolubly mounted within said casing on said shaft. Said reel consists of two disks H, of sheet .metal, which are secured rigidly together and are provided with circumferential flanges extending at an angle of about forty-five degrees torthe plane of the disks and diverging from each other, thereby forming a circumferential trough or groove I, in which the cord B is adapted to be wound. This construction of reel provides a shallow dish-like space J on each side of said reel within said casing, one of which'is utilized to contain the spring K for operating the reel and the other to contain the stop and release mechanism. Said spring K is preferably made in the form commonly known as a clock-spring, the outer end being secured to said reel by being bent around a tongue M, which is formed out of the flange portion of one of the disks H, the inner end of the said spring being secured to the said shaft by a pin L; Said tongue M is bent out from said flange parallel with said shaft F and serves, with severalother similar tongues N, to limit the expansion of and retain the spring K when assembling the device. As the reel is revolved in pulling out the cord the spring K is coiled up around said shaft F and would tend to rewind the cord. To prevent this, a spring-dog O is mounted on the inner face of said member E of the casing and is adapted to engage teeth P in the flange of the second member of said reel and retain said reel in any desired position against the action of said spring K. Said spring-dog is rigidly mounted on a pin R, which passes through a radial slot Q in said casing and is provided on the outside of said casing with a thumb-piece S, whereby it can be moved inwardly to release the reel. Said casing is provided with asmall opening Tin its periphery, through which the cord 13 is led. In order to produce smooth edges on said opening T, so that the cord will not be abraded in passing in and out, a metal eyelet U is pressed into said opening around the edges thereof.

In using our device any suitable fastening means is secured to the free end of said cord, and the device is secured to the clothes of the wearer by means of the safety-pin attached thereto, the cord being wound upon the reel.

When it is desired to secure the hat, the cord is drawn out to any desired length, the spring-dog retaining the reel in that position.

of said tongues to revolve the said reel, and

means carried by the other said disk to-hold and release the said reel, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described,

the combination with acasing comprising two telescopic members, of a shaft, a revoluble reel comprising two circular disks, tongues formed at the edge of one of the said disks extending outwardly at right angles to the plane of the said disk, a spiral spring adapted to engage one of said tongues and the said shaft to revolve the said reel, teeth formed in the other said disk, and means mounted in one of said telescopic members adapted to engage the said teeth to hold and release the said reel, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a casing,con1prising two telescopic members, and a spring-dog mounted on the inner face of one of said members, of a shaft, a revoluble reel comprising two circular disks provided with divergent circumferential flanges, tongues formed at the edge of one of said disks, a spiral spring, one end of said spring secured to one of the said tongues and the other end secured to the said shaft, and teeth formed on the other said disk and adapted to be engaged to the said springdog to hold and release the said reel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL V. EDGERTON. ROY v. HURSEN.

Witnesses:

RUDOLPH WM. LoTz, ERWIN J. Low. 

